Target 7 spoke face to face with a former CNN anchor and a former CNN correspondent who survived a deadly shootout in an Albuquerque motel room.

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Chuck de Caro and his wife, Lynne Russell, are smiling in a photograph taken recently at the hospital, but the pair has been through hell over the past two weeks.

De Caro is still in the hospital after being shot in the leg and stomach three times. The bullets missed all of his bones and vital organs.

When the couple spoke to Target 7, they didn’t want a video camera in the room, but allowed still photographs to be taken.

Last month, surveillance cameras were rolling the night the couple stopped at a motel during a cross-country trip. Russell said a man shoved a gun in her face in the parking lot and took her back inside her motel room.

What the suspect, Tomorio Walton, didn’t know was that de Caro had an extensive military background and a gun.

The couple said Walton shot first and de Caro fired back. Walton didn’t survive.

De Caro is keeping busy during his recovery. On the day he spoke to Target 7, he was also Skyping with military personnel in California to discuss “Softwar.” That’s how he describes the way that groups including ISIS and Al Qaeda use visual media to affect people’s opinions with things like videotaped executions.

De Caro said he has no ill will toward Albuquerque or its people. In fact, he said the rescue personnel, police and hospital staff have been amazing.

When the medical personnel first showed up, he used his military training to stay calm and even cracked jokes to keep himself conscious.

Reality is just starting to sink in for Russell. She said she cried about the ordeal for the first time on Saturday night.

Despite the wounds and pain, both de Caro and Russell made it clear that they’re very grateful for the all the support they’ve received from the community.